[Advaita-l] Ritual Purity, Svadhyaya, and Commute

[V Subrahmanian]

On Sat, Sep 10, 2016 at 8:13 PM, Venkatesh Murthy <vmurthy36 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Namaste
>
> I heard some people saying Madhyanha Sandhya is not according to
> Sastric sources. It is not required but some people are doing it.
> Morning and evening Sandhya is sufficient.
>

Actually the very first sandhyā vandanam a vaṭu performs soon after his
brahmopadeśa is the mādhyāhnika.  That evening is the first sāyam sandhyā.

In the Srimadbhāgavatam, the story of Ambarisha has Durvāsa going to the
Yamuna to perform his noon-oblations:

SB 9.4.37



*pratinandya sa tāṁ yācñāṁ kartum āvaśyakaṁ gataḥnimamajja bṛhad dhyāyan
kālindī-salile śubhe*
Word for word:
*pratinandya <http://vedabase.com/en/synonyms-index?original=pratinandya>* —
gladly accepting; *saḥ <http://vedabase.com/en/synonyms-index?original=sah>*
 — Durvāsā Muni; *tām <http://vedabase.com/en/synonyms-index?original=tam>* —
that; *yācñām <http://vedabase.com/en/synonyms-index?original=yacnam>* —
request; *kartum <http://vedabase.com/en/synonyms-index?original=kartum>* —
to perform; *āvaśyakam
<http://vedabase.com/en/synonyms-index?original=avasyakam>* — the necessary
ritualistic ceremonies; *gataḥ
<http://vedabase.com/en/synonyms-index?original=gatah>* — went; *nimamajja
<http://vedabase.com/en/synonyms-index?original=nimamajja>* — dipped his
body in the water;*bṛhat
<http://vedabase.com/en/synonyms-index?original=brhat>* — the Supreme
Brahman; *dhyāyan <http://vedabase.com/en/synonyms-index?original=dhyayan>* —
meditating on; *kālindī
<http://vedabase.com/en/synonyms-index?original=kalindi>* — of the
Yamunā; *salile
<http://vedabase.com/en/synonyms-index?original=salile>* — in the water; *śubhe
<http://vedabase.com/en/synonyms-index?original=subhe>*— very auspicious.

For that word 'āvaśyakam', Sridhara Swamin (Advaitin) and Virarāghavacharya
(Viśiṣṭādvaitin) comment: mādhyāhnikam.

vs




> On Sat, Sep 10, 2016 at 12:39 PM, V Subrahmanian
> <v.subrahmanian at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Sat, Sep 10, 2016 at 12:02 PM, Venkatesh Murthy via Advaita-l
> > <advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
> >>
> >> Namaste
> >>
> >> Yes the older generation people used to do Sandhya in travelling also.
> >> I have seen my grandfather was doing Sandhya on platforms.
> >>
> >> But younger generation people can take a flight and be in Delhi or
> >> Mumbai in a few hours. Once I did Pratah Sandhya and took a flight to
> >> Delhi. In Delhi I did Sayam Sandhya in the evening and took the flight
> >> back and came home the same day. Madhyanhika is a problem because you
> >> can be in meeting and cannot leave.
> >
> >
> > During such situations, the Sringeri Jagadguru Sri Abhinava Vidyatirtha
> > Swaminaḥ, has said that one can do mādhyāhnika immediately after prātaḥ
> > sandhya.  In fact there are many known to me who have to leave home early
> > for school, college or office, who do both the sandhyas and even brahma
> > yajnam before leaving home.
> >
> > vs
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> --
> Regards
>
> -Venkatesh
>